Israeli Polls Close

The polls have closed in Israel, and voting has ended.

Preliminary exit polls suggest the following breakdown: (via Muqata, IsraellyCool, and Haaretz) Hit expand to see polls.

Channel 1:

• 30 Kadima
• 28 Likud
• 14 Yisrael Beiteinu
• 13 Labor
• 9 Shas
• 5 Agudah
• 5 Meretz
• 5 Arabs (Balad, Ra'am Tal)
• 4 Hadash
• 4 Bayit Yehudi
• 3 Ichud Leumi
  

Channel 2:

• 29 Kadima
• 27 Likud
  
• 15 Yisrael Beiteinu
• 13 Labor
• 10 Shas
• 6 Arabs (Balad, Ra'am Tal)
• 5 Agudah
• 4 Meretz
• 4 Hadash
• 4 Bayit Yehudi
• 3 Ichud Leumi
  

Channel 10:

• 30 Kadima
• 28 Likud
• 15 Yisrael Beiteinu
• 13 Labor
• 9 Shas
• 6 Arabs (Balad, Ra'am Tal)
• 5 Agudah
  
• 4 Meretz
• 4 Hadash
• 3 Bayit Yehudi
• 3 Ichud Leumi
  

Ynet:

• 28 Kadima
• 26 Likud
  
• 16 Yisrael Beiteinu
• 14 Labor
• 10 Shas
• 6 Agudah
• 5 Hadash
• 4 Arabs (Balad, Ra'am Tal)
• 4 Meretz
• 4 Bayit Yehudi
• 3 Ichud Leumi

All in all, it sounds to be about 65-55 Right, which means that Kadima's Tzipi Livni may not get the first chance at forming a government. That might go to Bibi Netanyahu of the Likud even though Kadima has 1-2 more seats, and even that could change as the actual results come in.